Well Andreas was totally not interested in me shoveling food into his mouth with a spoon but still always appeared interested in food. So we have come up with another plan that appears to be working....we just let him him feed hinself. Very little gets into his mouth really but he seems to be totally happy with the new plan and is quite content to knaw on whatever we have given him for the entire meal. Thus far he has had hard bread, carrots and this afternoon for lunch asparagus. He still makes his funny , I dont like this faces but keeps on going with it so it cant be that bad. If he manages to get any kind of biggish piece in his mouth, he just spits it out. It is actually becoming more and more common to feed babies older than 6mths in this manner and is called Baby led weaning. Concept is simple, breastfeed on demand and introduce manageable and age appropriate finger food. Nutritian needs are met by breastfeeding and the finger food, introduces a variety of tastes and textures for the baby to explore and as they continue to grow, their ability to get more into their mouths and actually eat, grows as well. Will see how well it continues to work!
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